Settlements & Service Provision (CIE IGCSE Geography)

For an urban area you have studied, describe how its function has changed over time 

For an urban area you have studied, describe and explain the service provision

For a named area you have studied, describe the hierarchy of service provision.

Name of area ..............................

Describe and explain the service provision in a named settlement you have studied.

Name of settlement

For a named settlement you have studied, describe and explain the service provision.
You should refer to the type and order of services, and their spheres of influence.

Name of settlement ....................................

For a named settlement you have studied, explain why the population size has changed.

Name of settlement ..........................

The function of a settlement is its purpose, such as:

– a port
– a tourist resort
– administration
– manufacturing.

For a named settlement you have studied, state its function(s) and explain why this/these
function(s) developed there.

Name of settlement .........................................................
Function(s) .......................................................................

For a named urban settlement you have studied, describe the causes and effects of one problem faced by the people living there.

Name of settlement ...............................

Problem ...............................

For a named urban area you have studied, describe one change in land use and explain why this change in land use has caused problems.

Name of urban area ..............................................

Study Fig 1, Which shows an area of a settlement

Explain why some settlements have the retail function

Study Figs. 2.2 and 2.3, which show information about Llanelli, an urban settlement in the UK, in 1850 and 2000.

Study Fig. 2.2, which is a map of a rural area in north east England

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Study Fig. 2.2, which is a map showing the rural area around Langali in Tanzania.

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Study Fig. 2.2, which is a land use map showing part of a CBD.

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Study Fig. 2.2 (below), which is a photograph showing an area in Almeria, Spain (an MEDC).

Study Fig. 2.4, which shows information about the relationship between settlement size and the number of services in them.

Study Fig. 2.1, which shows a map of settlements in the Osijek-Baranja region of Croatia (an MEDC in Europe).

Fig.2.1

Suggest likely differences in service provision between the urban and rural settlements shown in Fig. 2.1.

Study Fig. 2.2, which is a map showing the location of Aliano, a settlement in a rural part of Southern Italy (an MEDC in Europe).

Fig.2.2

The population of Aliano is now less than 1000 people.

Explain why the population has declined in settlements in some rural areas in MEDCs.

Study Fig. 2.2, which shows information about the functions of settlements, along with Figs. 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 (Insert), which are photographs of different settlements.

Fig. 2.2

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Study Figs. 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4, which are photographs taken in three different urban settlements.

Fig. 2.2

Fig. 2.3

Fig. 2.4